Industry

The esports industry generated more than $1 billion in revenue in 2017 and is expected to continue its upwards climb in 2018. With investment increasing and viewership figures growing, esports is well on its way to matching the might of traditional sporting events.

Esports events now find their way onto our televisions, fill stadiums around the world with energetic fans and produce stars and celebrities like Faker and KuroKy. Prize money is increasing and the quality of broadcasts, like Riot’s NA LCS and Blizzard’s Overwatch League, are improving. It’s only so long until football, basketball and boxing take a back seat to League of Legends, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

As the esports scene continues to grow, Final Kill hopes to provide quality insight into the market and its growth, from increases in revenue to new sponsorship deals. Get stuck in to some quality esports industry news, opinions, videos and more below:

Esports organiser G-Loot has secured investment totalling $25 million as it looks to increase the amount of tournaments that it runs and offer competitors more reward for their efforts. The investment…

Esports event organiser ESL has rebranded itself, having unveiled a sleek, simpler and “more powerful” new logo, made up of a new font and new colour scheme. The unveiled design features a simpler ESL…

Esports will not become an official Olympic sport because they are “too violence”, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, has said. The gaming community hoped that esports woul…

Fnatic has partnered with esports betting company Rivalry.gg to educate fans about responsible gambling. The esports organisation will work with its new partner to produce a series of content aimed at…

Twitch users will soon be able to give the gift of subscriptions through a new Twitch community gifting feature. The new feature will allow users to gift any channel with a set amount of subscribers. …

An esports professional will star in a global Nike commercial by 2021, a new report has claimed. It’s common to see the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James and Roger Federer appearing in advertis…

Swift, the parent company of esports organisation Team SoloMid, has raised $37m in a Series A funding round, the company has revealed. Ethan Kurzweil of Bessemer Venture Partners led the group of inve…

Luminosity Gaming has become the first esports organisation to partner with a record label after announcing a deal with Universal Music’s Canadian division. Together, the two parties will launch “Gami…